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For the N. C. Christian Advocate.
"Calvinism vs. Arminianisin,"
Reviewed. Xo. III.
Rev. R. T. IIeflix : The Nos. which
precede this, are intended as preliminary
to the discussion of the views presented in j Calvinistic doctrine, is to exhibit God as a
the Nos. of P T P. They were thought j sovere;gn on the throne of the universe;
important only as correctives of the allega- j and the tendcny of Arminianism is to de
tion against Arminians. " as applicable j thr(me IIini) anJ muke Him yiel(1 to the
to Methodism, either in Great Brittaiu or j caprices 0f n;s sinful creatuies. " Armin
America. Methodism in this regard, has j ::, r,n(m;,,.a an, n " SnwrP;ffn"
never been the immediate assailant of Cal
viuism, in the form of direct controversy.
Controversially, it has, in the main, acted
on the defensive. This is demonstrated in
the facts I Lave given ; and many laore,
yet, in my possession.
P. T. P. in his first No., takes the
ground, that there are many more differ
ences existing between Calvinists and Ar
minians, than is generally believed ; and
hence seems to conclude. that it was a mat
ter of great importance that these differ
ences should be s ated ; and the explication
cf them, as contained in his Nos. ought to
be " circulated though " the X. C. Pres
byterian; that "the lovers of truth"
might be informed upon these subjects. I
fear, however, that if "the lovers of truth"' J constitutes at once, the Charter of man's
are to be dependant upon P. T. P's. Nos. j rights, interests and privileges; and the
for the truth, that they will be grievously j limits of, and extent to which, his Sove
disappointed. That there are "numerous j reignty is connected with these, and with
and important points of difference " be- j ;n whose bounds, it may and will be exer
tween the two systems of doctrines, is rea-j cised. There is no " yielding " on his
tlily admitted ; but that the errors lie
chiefly on the side of Arminianism. is de
nied. In no instance of the five Nos. which
I have seen, is Arminianisin convicted of
cue solitary error. It is true, P. T. P.
affirms it in several instances ; such as the
" S iitreignty. Wisdom, Po c r and Jus
tice " of God : but I demur right at those j baptized shall be saved ; but he that be
ptints, and believe, that I can show that j lieveth not shall be damned. " Mark xvi.
he is mistaken, or uninformed ; or bears j 10.
false witness against his neighbor, under j Sovereignty or Supreme axthori y ex
the blinding influence of prejudice, or par- j crcised in governing accountable beings.is
ty zeal. To begin then, with his views. as j not a lawless or abitrary authority : but is
expressed in his first No., on I regulated by laws and principles of gov-
I. The Sovereignty of Gop. His
views are expressed in the f .llowing terms:
" I design o show that in the great con
troversy which God has Jiartl-with man
3l:e 'be ?i'"?e "f
God, and Arminians take the side of fallen
humanity. By the fall, the will of man has
come at variance with the will of God ; and
a frail worm of the dust has taken up arms
against the Almighty Sovereign of Heaven
and earth, settting up his will against the
will of his Creator. Their wills conflicting,
man endeavors to settle the question in his
own favor, whether he shall have his own
way or submit to the will of God. Now
the tendency of the Calvinistic doctrine, is
to exhibit God as a sovereign on the throne
of the universe; and the tend ncy of Armin
ianism is to dethrone Him, and make Him
viild to the caprices of his sinful creatures."'
It may be allowed that man, as a fallen
being, may " endeavor to settle the ques
tion" of his will, as co-operating with, or
resisting the will of God. But, though
this maybe true, it does not, therefore fol
low that man as an Arminian, will, or must
do so. We know that the "carnal mind
is enmity against God, and that it is not
subject to the law of God ; neither indeed
can be. " And we know aho, that Armini
ans, as such, do teach, as well as believe,
that the gospel requires the subordination
and subjection of the human will to the
will of God. Hence, Arminians, as S".h,
do always, and all, teach this great truth
to their admirers ; and it forms a very
prominent part of all their instructions,
both from the pulpit and the press; and
they enforce their views by such considera
tions as the following. " If ye be willing
and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the
land : but if ye refuse and rebel, ye hatt
be devoured with the sword; for the mouth
of the Lord hath spoken it." Isa. i. 19,20.
And they teach that while it istrue,that"life
aud death are set before them, " and they
are urged to choose life that they may live:
that such is the stubborness of their will,
that they " will not come to Christ, that
they might be saved. " Arminians also
teach, that " the conditiou of man after
the fall of Adam is such, that he canno'
turn and prepare himself, by his own nat
ural strength and works, to faith, and call
ing upon God ; wherefore we have no pow
er to do good works, pleasant and accept
able to God, without the grace of God by
Christ, preventing us, that we may have
a irood will, and working with us when
we have that good will." Articles of Re
lifoii of the M, E. Church, South. Art.
viii. His. p. 22.
In these authorities there is nothing that
can be construed into what P. T. P. affirms i
.f Arminianism. Man's will is not here set
up again-t God's: but it is plainly affirm
ed that man fallen, while his carnal mind
is enmity against God," &e., that his will
is opposed to the will of God ; and that "he
cannot turn and prepare himself, by his
own natural strength and works, to faith,
and calling upon God: but that he heeds
" the grace of God by Christ preventing
him that he may have a good will," and
even, that the grace of God is required to
"work with him," even "when he has
that good will." Is this taking the side of
fallen humanity, against the Almighty
Sovereign of Heaven and earth ?" Cer-
i tainly not. But
It is affirmed that " the t ndency of the
enthroned, and ruling the "universe" in
righteousness, justice and truth. His reign
is in wisdom, holiness and goodness. And
hence, his Sovereignty is exercised in this
regard, Legislatively, Judicially, Eqi'ita
bly and Impartially: vHis Leg'slativi ad
ministration is seen in the Revelations of
his will, as collected together in the Old
and New Testaments. His Judicial reigu
is seen in the judgments (reformatory)
which he inflicts upon" the wicked in this
life; and punitive inflictions in the life to
come. His Equity and Impartiality are
seen in the distribution of rewards and
punishments, as set forth in his revealed
will. His revealed will (i. e. the Ilible
alone) is the system of his government.and
part "to the caprices of his sinful crea
tures ;"' but a strict and punctilhous confor
mity to this, (Flis own) system of govern
ment, which lie (not Arminianism) has
himself established. The great principle
of his system, in regard to the eternal des
tinv of man, is, " He that believeth and is
eminent, which concede on the one hand,
the right of supremacy in the administra
tion of government to God, and the inter
ests, privileges and rights secured to the
subjects of that system of government; on
the other, no encroachment can be allowed
upon the prerogatives of the sovereign,
neither any tyranical and arbitrary ruling
of the subjects. Each must be recognized
in its appropriate sphere according to the
known and understood principles of the
government. This is the sum of the teach
ings of the Bible ; and is the very essence
of Arminianism in this regard. This system
interferes not, either in " tendency " or in
fact, with God's sovereignty. It bows with
awe and reverence to the enthroned Sove
reign, and at the same time, believes that
this Almighty Sovereign of Heaven and
earth ; " deals with man as an intelligent,
free, moral being, to whom this Sovereign
has given a government, whose laws and
principles recognize the accountability of
this being ; under the high consideration of
his nliliiy through grace, and his duty by
express precept, to do the commandments
of God, with the promised assurance of a
rich reward in connexion with his obe
dience. More anon
Yours affectionately,
PEtER DOUB.
Greensboro,' N. C April 25, 1859.
For the 2V. C. Christian Advocate.
Shall we Have a Depository 1
Four mouths have rolled away since I
opened books for the subscription of stock
to establish a Depository, and I have only
been able to procure, with much travel and
toil, 40 shares, $2050, 500 per month.
Now, at this rate it will take fifty months
to raise 025,000 ! Such a supposition an
nihilates the scheme. Shall we then aban
don it? What Methodist in the old North
State, with a heart in him, does not re
spond, "God forbid!" But he will not
forbid unless you do. He works through
means; works in and by you. Will you
come up to the help of the Lord against
the mighty ? This is confessedly the great
est 'enterprise of the church in North Car
olina ; and yet but very few will take
stock. Everybody wants, they say, the
Depository mut have one; but every
body wants everybody else to take up the
stock and establish it ! Doomsday then
will have nothing to do with that concern!
That wc need a Depository, all know.
That we cannot establish one without
means, all know. That there are an abun
dance of means, in the church, that could
be turned into this channel, and most pro
fitably employee!, all must admit. Why
not, then take up the stock at once? Now,
if there is any one of means who desires to
invest it profitably in some active business,
here is a chance. Or if a few men desire
it, now is their time.
But I am instantly met with the question,
" Will it be a safe investment ; will it
pay ? '' i fully believe it will. Book3 are
in demand ; they will sell The profits on
tbeoi are from 15 to 100 per cent. Take
the following facts: I am, as Agent, get
ting books that retail at 50 cents, for 27 ;
and those that retail at 1, for 52, 53, and
up to 59. Now suppose $5,000 at these
figures were sold at retail, at the Deposito-
! ry in a year, what would be the profits ?
j Tak ing as an average, 90 per cent in the
! gl, and this is under the limits, the
i "
repository wouia mate, and you have $4,-
000 profits. In other words, for each bock
that costs 55, 01 would be realized. The
retail price being 01, and the discount
being 45 and this is the average at which
1 am now selling books the per cent,
made will be over this. The Depository
will wholesale at 30 per cent, discount, I
suppose; I am now filling orders at this
rate. Suppose then that $15,000Jie sold
at wholesale throughout the bounds o?TEe
Conference, and $25,000 ought to be
sold, and $2250 will be realized at even
15 per cent. The per cent, will be more
than this. If a book cost the Depository
27, 35 is realized, the per cent, will be
nearly 30. If a book cost GO, say The
opholus Walton, the Depository realizes
70 ; 10 cents is made on an outlay of CO,
on 01 20, 20 cents, over 15 percent.
The profits then on the sale of 020,000
retail and wholesale, would be 06,250.
Now suppose the expenses to be 3 follows:
House rent, 0400; Ageat's salary, $1500;
principal clerk, 500; two assistants, each,
! 0400 800; exchange, 1 percent., 02000;
expenses of transportation, &e., 3 per cent ,
600 ; in all, 04,000. Leaving net profits,
$2,250, which will be 11; per cent, on
the capital invested. Will it pay ? Look
at these facts and figures. If only $15,000
are sold, one clerk could be dispensed with,
and the exchange, &c, would be less I
mean in the aggregate. If $25,000 should
be sold and why not $25,00? the pro
fits would be in proportion greater. For
the same outlay of house rent and Agent
and clerk hire, would answer. Who now
will take stock ? Who wants to invest to
make money ? And above all, who wants
to invest to do g"ol. Come, ye men and
women of means, stewards of God, take up
the stock at once, aud let us close up this
business. I would greatly prefer to be in
the pastoral work. Release me and let me
go. C. P. JONES.
May 5, 1859.
P. S. Who wants more light? Ad
dress me at Goldsboro.
Who wrants books ? Hymn Books, Dis
ciplines, Winans' Discourses, Biography of
Bishop Capers, Theopholus Walton, the
best book on Baptism extant ought, in
these times, to be in the hands of every
Methodist-Tongue of Fire, a thrilling spir
itual work, Catechisms, S. School books,
Tracts, &c, &e., on hand. Will be able
to fill orders promptly. Theophiolus Wal
ton sent by mail for $1. C. P. J.
For the N. C. Christian Advocate.
'IVIethodist Pulpit South. '
That the staudard of scholarship in the
Methodist Episcopal Church is very decid
edly higher than formerly will be conceded
by every oue acquainted with its history.
The peculiarities of the age the mental
activity and reading proclivities of the
present time, alike demand and appreciate
intellectual culture and more enlarged ed
ucational facilities. And as may be seen
by reference to the Reports on Education
made at the last General Conference, the
wise heads who assembled in Nashville,
were ful'y sensible of the pressing exaction
of the present of the unmistakable voices
of the people which demanded an enlight
ened ministry. Other denominations have
claimed to monopolize almost the entire
intellectual field, leaving to Methodists the
credit only of being mere pioneers in the
service of Christianity. Whilst Methodism
has deserved richly the latter claim which
has been awarded but sometimes in no
spirit of compliment, she has been en
titled to some of the honors which belong
to varied learning, to enlarged ecclesiasti
cal views,to copious and vigorous eloquence
to patient research, to far-reaching sagac
ity. Her Wesley, her Clarke, her Benson
her Fletcher and her Watson than whom
the last hundred years have not produced
a profounder or clearer mind her Olin
and many other precious names which il
lumine the past of Methodism, were men
of whose contributions any church might
be proud. Aud when we turn to the vol
ume which heads this article we feel assur
ed that the mantle of the departed Elijahs'
have fallen worthily upon the living Eli
shas ; and that there are men now filling
the pulpits of Southern Methodism, who
in scholarship, in logical vigor, in fruitful
stores of knowledge, in graces of oratory,
in excellences of vhetoiic, in fecundity of
thought, in high imagination chastened
anl trained, in wisdom and in practical
common sense that virtue which so dis
tinguished some of the simple great-ones
" gone, forever and ever by" stand among
the foremost divines of this century or age.
This volume has been published, as your
readers doubtless already know, by Wil
liam T. Smithson, an active, piousand en-
' frgetic member of our Church. The ob
ject in view, is to raise funds wherewith to
erect a suitable Church edifice in Washing
ton City, and to provide church privileg
es for the sons of every Southern State who
shall flock thither with their families to fill
various offices, from clerkships in the dif
erent departments of Government, to seats
in the Cabinet, the Senate aud House of
Representatives, and it may be to the
Chief Magistracy of the Union." Ihe
purpose is a noble one, and commends it
self to the liberality of the enlightened sen
timent of the Church. The volume con
tains twenty-six sermons, vith twenty
four portraits of leading divires; of the ac
curacy of the likenesses lean; say nothing,
having never seen any of thetoriginals save
Dr. Lee. The most adi'jL' fa-e Per"
TiaT5irWTrrevolume is tK3xn
Pierce at any rate a little iujss who has
been looking at her papa's pictures, gives
it as her opinion that he is the " goodest
looking." As to the sermons what shall I
say i If 1 pronounce very ifcanyjsf them
equal to the best efforts of Barrow, Jeremy
Taylor, Robert Hall, and Henry Melville,
I am certainly within the bounds of truth.
If I say that the sermon of Bishop Pierce
on Devotedness to Christ," (In which the
lamented and admirable Bishop Capers is
spoken of in language of rare .-Jbeauty and
eloquence,) is quite equal to Hall's sermon
on Queen Charlotte, I do not perhaps ex
agerate, and in saying this, I propose to
claim as much for him as consitency with
truth will permit. His sentiice3 are har
moniously arranged, and his thoughts are
perspicuous and compact. There is a
freshness and sweetness about the whole
composition which is suggestive of the
mountain breezes and delicious flowers of
his own State. And let us turn to the
Melville of the South, to him who in such
graceful and elegant periods discourses of
" Labor and Rest." This sermon to me
is very delightful so ornate and finished
in its sentences so rich and aptly chosen
in its phraseology so gracefully poetic in
the mere decorations of its style so Cice
ronian in th"e roll and grandeur of some of
its periods and over all such a breathing
of deep piety and love.
Or turn if you please to the accomplish
ed editor of the Nashville I Advocate,
and follow him as he so crarningly. and
originally and graphically and learnedly
gives you an Insight i.j-tjF--fcsi;..of th .
Soul between Death and Resurrection."
This was the very sermon I greatly desired
it supplied a pressing want, and in a
style of Saxon purity and vigor.
And if you desire to understand how
"God and Mau (are) Co-workers in the
Salvation of the Soul," you will be delight
ed when you shall have read Dr. Wads
worth. This divine in this discourse is as
lue d as a ray of light and as agreeable as
it is perhaps possible for man to be.
There is not as much rhetorical display or
melody of diction about his sermon, as you
will find in others, but it is beautiful in its
simplicity and strong in the accummula
tion of circumstantial accessories.
If you are pleased and gratified when
ever you read an effort striking and im
posing in the amplitude of its illustration,
in the richness of its language, in the sin
ewy vigor of its stylo, and in originality of
its treatment, such feelings are in store for
you in " The Objects of Angelic Curiosi
ty," by the able editor of the Quarterly Re
v ew.
But I have not time to classify or par
ticularize the contents of the entire volume.
I will, however, say a word in regard to
two other sermons. The discourse entitled
" God in Christ Jesus" is in some respects
an extraordinary one. There is in it a pro
fusion of language and richness of image
ry an extent of learning and fecundity of
thought, sufficient to supply an ordinary
minister for a life time However marred,
and disfigured by swelling and rather
grandiloquent phraseology, and however
much the thread of jiheology running
throughout may be strained under the
heavy pressure of attenuated scientific lore,
you must nevertheless admit that it is a
production of uncommon originality, force
and eloquence. Gorgeousness of diction,
boldness of illustration, and a peculiar bar
baric plunder of imagery abound. If Bis
hop Pierceeminds us of a Roman warrior
whose arms indeed were weighty, but not
so much so as to impair his agility in move
ment, or his strength in the melee, Dr.
Means rather resembles a bold knight
sheathed from head to foot from plume to
spur in ponderous and shining panoply,
but his armour is too complicated to per
mit an indulgence of unrestrained motion,
and the very plumes and scarfs which
adorn it, are an impediment no less than
an ornament.
The sermon of our own representative,
Rev. N. F. Reid, on " Glorying in the
Cross," is lovely in the very freshness of
its simplicity, and in the sweetness, and
warm tone of piety which pervade it. May
he live to a "green old age ' may he be
spared to the church in our Conference,
that be may dedicate the rich products of
his intellectual culmination to the service
of that Being whose most precious gifta
they are.
f And now, Mr. Editor, ere I close this
poor article; prepared in the midst of press
ing engagements, I beg leave to urge up
on everv member of our church the duty
of buying a copy of these sermons, at once
an honor to our church, and the noblest
exhibition of pulpit talent that has yet
been made in this country. He who pur
chases this volume, has the gratification of
contributing two dollars to a noble and
praise-worthy purpose, and at the same
time of obtaining a volume of rare excel
lence. T. B. K.
For the N. C. Christian Advocate.
Tlie Duty of Giving away a Sta
ted Proportion of our Income,"
; No. 2.
Having in my former article discussed
the nature of this duty, I propose in the
present, noticing,
THE GROUNDS OX WHICH IT RESTS.
Many excellent people seem to think
that this duty rests on no grounds what
ever : that every person is at liberty to
give away just what proportion of his in
come he chooses, from nothing upward.
" So that if one give a tenth, another a
ninth, and a third, one thousandth part,
they differ, not in this that one is liberal,
the other covetous, and the third a wretch ;
but in this that one is liberal, the other
less liberal, and the third . less so still;
each of them practicing a virtue, only in
a less degree."
If this be a correct view of the matter,
it follows that we have one virtue with no
minimum limit, but. which continues to be
a virtue, down to a hair breath of nothing.
It certainly will not do to apply this prin
ciple to other virtues : to say that truth
fails to lose its virtue, no matter how much
falsehood may be mixed with its delivery :
that honesty does not lose its character, no
matter how much fraud may be used in
the transaction. Are we then to hold that
any miserable gift short of nothing, which
a covetous man mav bestow, is an act of
liberality, though in a less degree ?
Christianity has set a maximum limit to
our liberality, and it is therefore reason
able to suppose that a minimum has also
been established. Christianity teaches us,
that wc should " owe no man anything,''
and that we should " Provide for those of
our own household." Here then, an up
ward point is eaUif , bcyoncl wl.lch
generosity becomes injustice. We con
clude that in its downward progress there
is a point beyond which it would pass into
selfishness.
Again : Is it probable that while every
expenditure with regard to self interest is
regulated by fixed circumstances, the only
one which is for the glory of God is left to
the mercy of chance ? We consider the
cost of board and clothing pretty well es
tablished, but that outlay which has to do
with our spiritual and eternal welfare, is
left the foot ball of passion and accident.
But says one : " I do not mean that we
arc at liberty to give by mere chance,
without fixing some principle : I only
mean we are not bound to give a tenth."
If you mean that you are not restricted to
a tenth, I allow the correctness of your
position ; but if you mean, you are privi
leged to fall below that standard, I deny
it. For if it is lawful for you to give less
than a tenth, it is lawful for a christian to
be more selSsh than a Jew, and the chris
tian religion, instead of elevating, has low
ered the'standard of a virtue.
I proceed to show now positively, that it
is our duty to give away at least a tenth of
the whole of our income. Religion re
quires that we give that we give bounti
fully that we give cheerfully, and that
we give in proportion to our income.
' ' Upon the first day of the week let every
one of you lay by in store as God has pros
pered him." Now the question arises :
What is giving in proportion to God's gifts
to us ? If we go to the New Testa ment
for an answer, we find liberality sanction
ed in the case of Zaecheus to the eiving of
half his goods, and in the widow, up to all :
her living. We find the church of Mace
donia, in "depth of poverty," and in
" trial of great affliction , " "abounding in
riches of liberality."
Turn where you will ia the New Testa
ment, and you find yourself surrounded
by an atmosphere of love, and a record of
liberSlity amounting to every good work,
distributing, communicating, making sa
crifices with which God is well pleased.
you are stimulated by the example of apos
tles forsaking all, individuals selling all,
the deeply poor giving to the poorer, and
to crown all, the master " giving always
and storing never." You feel that if you
are to take your answer from that book,
any thought of a tenth is out of sight, and
you would have to contemplate a style of
giving which but few would think of fol
lowing. If fearful to press New Testament pre
cepts we go to the Old, to learn what
proportion the Lord counted acceptable in
ancient times, we find that " each head of
a family among the Jews was bound by
direct enactment to give a tenth of all his
yearly increase to support the ministering
tribe of Levi. He had to pay a second
tenth for the support of the feasts ; a third
tenth for the poor once in three years ;
and in addition were the trespass offerings,
long and costly journeys to the temple and
sundry other religious charges, all imposed
by Divine sanction ; besides free-will of
ferings. Takjng these separate items, it
is undoubted, that among the Jews, every
head of a family was under religious obli
gation to give away at least a fifth, perhaps
a third of his yearly income." We find
also among the Patriarchs, Jacob and Abra
ham never fell below a tenth. Now tho
idea that God requires, less of us under
the present than under former dispensa
tions, is inconsistent , with that superiority
of which the present dispensation partakes.
Every virtue tJmt- flonrtshed under tho
former must receive ao expansion, and not
a chill from the present.
In my next I shall answer some of the
objections which have been urged to this
position.
RIDGEWAY.
For the X. C. Christian Advocate.
Missouri Correspondence.
Mr. Editor. When at school, boys
learn some things and some they do not
Then or at some other time I was impres
sed with the sentiment couched in the fol
lowing, familiar couplet :
"Fool's names are like their faces,
Too often seen in public places."
Since such impressions, I have always
had some hesitancy in writing for newspa
pers, lest 1 should either become conspic
uous or impose on the reading publie, or
perhaps a little of both. Some judicious
and excellent writers, to avoid bringing
themselves into notice, affix, to their artic
les unreal or fictitious names, but in
reading such articles the good is often meas
urably lost in the curiosity which they
excite. A matter of choice or taste, how
ever. But as wo should " never be unemploy
ed and never triflingly employed" and as
we all relish variety, I have concluded as
old-timed correspondence would have it,
" to take my pen in hand" and " fix up"
a few thoughts for your Advocate.
Your excellent paper reaches us in duo
time and has become well nigh a vado me-
cum to the family. As you would say.
Dio. Hcf.ia.V1 t ortain Judy whom ur ara
bouud to obey," says the Advocate must
continue " and of course" it must. In
several instances I have marked the pop
ularity of your paper amongst the fair sex,
from which I conclude that the Editor is
" a ladies' man."
Attachments, acquaintances and friend
ships are formed in youth, which time
cannot erase though distance may veil
them. The land of one's nativity, the
home of childhood and the place of juve
nile sports ore subjects, which cling with
unbroken tenacity to the memory. These
are some of the considerations which endear
the Advocate to us. lu it places are de
scribed or referred to, circumstances are
recorded or spoken of and names signed
or made- use of, which are as familiar as
the hills of Abbott's Creek and Rich Fork.
It would be both unkind and unnatural
that, even an obscure son of the Old North
State, should feel no interest in her wel
fare. And that unkindness and unnatur
alness would be largly increased, did such
a one not rejoice in her religious prosperi
ty. While my joy may be great in the
happy knowledge of the success of tho gos
pel where wanderers have strayed, it still
may be greater when in the possession of
news that declares progress where I was
born and " born again." I hope your in
dustrious and persevering Brethren of the
N. C. Conference will bo eminently suc
sefsful in tho Trinity College enterprise.
I like tho way Dr. Deems takes hold, I do.
May the Lord speed you in that and all
other good works.
In this western wolrd wo have a vast
field of labor, and equally as vast encour-
"fjoment. I notice in an article by our
Presiding Elder, m. j. vn,inir tnere ha.s
been on the Lexington District an increase
of "over three hundred souls" within the
last Quarter to the Methodist E. Church,
South. There have been great rovivala
during the winter in this portion of Mis
souri. To God be endless praises !
How it is with you I cannot 6ay,but wo
have an exceedingly backward spring.
Very little corn is planted in Jackson
county, but farmers are about ready.
While I am writing the wind howls around
our dwelling much like tho winds of early
spring, for they are really cold. The gen
eral health is good, and times rather dull.
I shall now "dry up" for this time. If
this shall be deemed worthy a place in
your columns you may hear from me again,
otherwise you will favor this manuscript
by using it to light your candle or as Dr.
McAnally would say " into the stove."
I will subscribe myself.
Your Bro. in Christ,
J. A. MURPHY.
Independence, Mo., April 28, 159.
Shall be pleaeed to hear from you again.
Editor.
SELECTIONS.
Character of North Carolinla
during the Revolution.
Lord Cornwallia, when left in command
of the Southern army by Sir Henry Clio
ton, was charged, it will be recollected,
with the invasion of North Carolina. It
waa an enterprise in which much difficulty
was to be apprehended, both from the
character of the people and the country.
The original settlers were from various
parts, most of them men who experienced
political or religious oppression, and had
brought with them a quick sensibility to
wrong, a vstern appreciation of their rights,
and an indomitable spirit of freedom and
independence. In the heart of the State
aa hvjjr Prl4'i W.W,
Scotch-Irish, as they were called, having
emigrated from Scotland to Ireland, and
thence to America ; and who were said to
possess the impulsiveness of the Irishman
(with the pure faith) and determined reso
lution of the covenanter.
The early history of the colony abound
with instances of this spirit among its peo
ple. " They always behaved insolently
to their Governors," complains Gov. Bar
rington in 1731 ; "some they have driven
out of the country at other times set up
a government of their own choice, support
ed by men under arms." It was in fact
the spirit of popular liberty and self gov
ernment which stirred within them, and
gave birth to the glorious axiom, "the
rights of the many against the exactions of
the few." So rife was this spirit at an
early day, that when the boundary line was
run, in 1727, between North Carolina and
Virginia, the borderers were eager to bo
included in the former province, " as there
they paid no tribute to God or Coesar."
It was this spirit which gave rise to the
Confederacy called the Regulation, formed
to withstand the abuses of power ; and the
first blood bhed in our country, in resist
ance to arbitrary taxation, was at Alamance
in this province, in a conflict between the
Regulators and Gov. Tryon.
Above all it should never be forgotten,
that at Mecklenburg, in the heart of North
Carolina, was fulminated the first Declara
tion of Independence of the British crown,
upwards of a year before a like declaration
by CongrcES. Irving't Life of Wathing
t in, v. 4. p. 87.
rilty wusitnofthe true Christian
reader! is this toch experiexck ?
I want to feed on Jesus' word ;
I want communion with my Lord.
I want sulcatum full and frco ;
I want my Father's fee to sec.
I want to prove each promise sweet ;
I want to livo at Jesus' feet.
I want His mercy every day ;
I want upholding all the way.
I want to live as Jesus' bride :
I want in His dear icounds to hide.
I want to prize His fullness more ;
I want His pemon to adore.
I want to hear His havenly voice ;
I want in Jsus to rejoice.
I want to trust Him with my all ;
I want on His dear name to call.
I want to die to all things hero ;
I want on Him to enst my care.
I want to see His gosp I spread ;
I want on Satan's power to tread.
I want my Jesus as my friend;
I want Him to my journey's end.
I want Him as my priest and king ;
I want His precious lore to sing.
I want Him as my rock and tower ;
I want Him in each trying honr.
I want Him as my bro'her dear ;
I want my Jchus always near.
I want His eye His hand, His heart ;
I want with all beside to part.
I want Him as my husband kind;
I want in Him my all to find.
I want Him as my daily bread;
I want Him as my living head.
I want Him as my hiding-place ;
I waut Him as my God of grace.
I want Him as my life and peace;
1 "f llinj as my righteousness.
I want His own atoning j ,
I want to bathe in that dear Jltod.
1 waut His Spirit's vo ce to hear ;
I want the love that casts out fear.
I want Him now in Achor's vale ;
I want Htm when all hell assail
I want Him when my flesh gives way ;
I want Him as my only stay.
I want His smiles, His looks of grace;
I want to see Him face to face.
I want His wisdom, strmglh and lote ;
I want with Him to dwell above.
The blessings hero by me implored.
Arc all in Jesus richly stored ;
Yea, thousands more than here expressed.
Are found in Him, my heavenly rest.
Count all tho stars, that shine by night;
Count all the suits sweet rays of light ;
Count all the drops of rain that fall ;
Count all things moving.grcataud small.
Though vast this number, yet Ixowfew,
Compared with what, by faith, I view ;
All meeting in my glorious Friend,
Whose love and mercy knows no end,
By Him my wanta are all supplied.
His mercy flows in one sweet tide ;
Ou His dear name I love to call,
In Him I find my heaven my ill.
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